Nevertheless, both the Mini and iPad 4 collectively set a new first
weekend sales record at 3 million, which is double that of its previous best iPad launch of 1.5 million set by iPad 3 in March.
Three million iPad Minis literally flew out of (online) stores, setting a new first
weekend sales record in the process.
Though the iPhone launch was deemed evolutionary by many, it managed to break
the weekend sales records with over 9 million iPhones getting sold on the launch weekend.
Not exact matches
Store owners in some cases report up to doubling traffic levels across the
weekend with peaks in traffic hitting on the Saturday before the
weekend winds down, last year alone the NFIB reported independent merchants saw
record Saturday
sales with consumer spending close to $ 5.7 billion.
Black Friday
weekend saw
record sales of more than $ 50 billion.
Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes with $ 149.6 million in ticket
sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the opening -
weekend box - office
record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.
Since its release, Star Wars: The Force Awakens has smashed almost every Hollywood box - office
record, racking up more than $ 500 million in worldwide ticket
sales in just its first
weekend.
«Given indications for demand, iPhone
sales this
weekend should far surpass prior
sales records, although we acknowledge the risk that supply constraints and stock - outs could cause the
record figure to actually be lower than it really should be,» Barclays analyst Ben A. Reitzes wrote in a note to investors.
Black Panther entered the fray with a
record breaking President's Day
weekend opening of $ 242 million in domestic box office
sales.
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... Following on from the
record - breaking advance ticket
sales, box office projections for the domestic opening
weekend of Black Panther have been revised upward, with the film now said to be looking at around $ 120 million.
Black Panther had a blockbuster
weekend at the box office, smashing superhero stereotypes as well as
sales records.
As the box office numbers for the past
weekend were tallied, most people were paying attention to the success of Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince and the second week drop off for Bruno, but in amongst all those ticket
sales there was another
record being broken.
«February was another
record month for Hyundai — we had a terrific President's Day
weekend event to kick off the spring selling season, much improved inventory levels, and great access to credit available to a broader band of buyers,» said Dave Zuchowski, executive vice president of
sales.
Taking home more than the theatrical box office
weekend openings of both Thor: Ragnarok and Wonder Woman, the World War 2 shooter also set a new
record for digital downloads on its first day on the PlayStation 4, while
sales overall were double that of the previous Call of Duty title Infinite Warfare.
At launch, the well - received Pokémon X and Pokémon Y games combined
sales exceeded 100,000 ** units in the first
weekend — smashing all previous
records for a Nintendo game in Australia and New Zealand.
Microsoft is reporting
record - breaking console
sales on Black Friday
weekend, the big shopping
weekend following Thanksgiving in the States.
Note that Amazon didn't announce «
record»
sales for this 2017 holiday shopping
weekend, only
record numbers of Amazon devices sold.
Fresh from a
record 10 million iPhone
sales over launch
weekend, Apple's new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus are going on
sale in 20 more countries today.
September 22, 2014: Apple notches a new
sales record with iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, selling a massive 10 million units in the first
weekend the handsets go on
sale.
Hailed the gold standard of video games, Nintendo's eighth installment of its
record - breaking «Super Mario Kart» titles will most likely not win back the top spot for Nintendo, but as we can see from its more - than - robust opening
weekend, Mario and Luigi are poised to drive Wii U
sales for Nintendo in the coming weeks.
Amazon said that its devices achieved
record sales over the Black Friday
weekend, selling three times more Amazon - branded devices compared to last year.